Tire-setter



(No Moiiel.) 2 Sheets-Sheet '1. G. J WEBER.

v TIRE SETTER. No. 317,054. I Patented May 5, 1885.

(No Modgl.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 G. J WEBER.

TIRE SETTER. No. 317,054. Patented May 5, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

eEoRGE'J. WEBER, 0E BOONVILLE, MISSOURI.

TlRE-SETTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,054, dated May 5, 1885. v

Application filed September 12, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. WEBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boonville, in the county of Cooper and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Tire-Setters, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to devices for submerging the wheel in water immediately after the hot tire isplaced thereon, and has for its aim the provision of simple means whereby this may be accomplished with the least possible delay.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a plan, Fig. II is a side elevation, and Fig. III is a sectional elevation, of the improved apparatus. Fig. IV is an elevation of some of the details hereinafter referred to.

1 represents the table, which is preferably of circular form, and provided at its center with an aperture, 2, for the reception of the hub of the wheel being operated upon. It is also provided with any number of surface-grooves, 3, which greatly facilitate the handling of the tire by affording clearance for the workmans tongs. The table is supported, preferably, by four legs, 4, which are of the form represented or its equivalent, having a standard, 4, an overhanging or depending arm, 4", and a horizontal flange, 4, upon which latter the table rests and is secured.

5 is a tank of somewhat larger diameter than the table 1, and located beneath the same and within the supporting-legs 4. This tank is preferably of annular form, and is supplied with water at the will of the operator through pipe 6, any superfluous water being carried off by a suitable overflow, 7 The tank is also provided at its center with a well or supplementary tank, 8, which receives the hub when said tank 5 is raised, as now to be described.

9 9 are a pair of rock-shafts journaled at their ends in boxes 10, either formed integrally with the legs 4 or secured thereto in any well-known manner. These rock-shafts are each provided with two lifting-arms, 11, to the extremities of which are journaled in any wellknown manner anti-friction rollers 12, which bear against the under side of the tank. They are each also provided with a crank, 13, by which they areoscillated. The crank of the shaft 9 terminates in any operating-handle, 14,

and is connected with the crank of the arm 9 by a rod or bar, 15. In order to prevent any horizontal displacement of the tank while being moved vertically, the anti-friction rollers upon which it rests are made to move in opposite directions, and the simplest means of accomplishing this is to secure the cranks 13 to the opposite sides of the respective rockshafts.

To the bottom of the tank is secured an angle-iron, 16, the horizontal arm of which atfords a bearing for the anti-friction rollers, while the vertical arm provides a means for preventing the lateral displacement of the tank in a direction at right angles to that in which the rollers move. These angle-irons are also beneficial in supporting thebottom of the tank. 17 are trusses passed from side to side of the tank in a direction at right angles to the angle-irons 16, and bearing against the bottom of the supplementary tank 8. By bracing the bottom of the main tank in this way it may be constructed of much lighter sheet metal than would otherwise be practicable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the fable 1, the legs 4, having overhanging portions 4 and horizontal flanges 4, and a vertically-m ovable tank, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a tire setter and cooler, the combination, with a stationary work-table, of a vertically-movable tank, as set forth.

3. In a tire setter and cooler, the combination, with a stationary work-table, of a tank located beneath it, and suitable rock-shafts having lifting-arms and operating-cranks-located beneath said tank for raising and low ering it, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a tire setter and cooler, the combination of a work-table having a central aperture for the passage of the hub of the wheel and a tank having a supplementary tank or well in its bottom for the reception of said hub, as explained.

5. The combination, with the vertically-movable tank, of the legs having the inwardly and downwardly projecting arms and the table supported thereby, as and for the purpose explained.

6. The combination, with a stationary table and a vertically-movable tank, of rock-shafts located beneath said tank and provided with lifting-arms havinganti-friction rollers at their extremities and operating crank-shafts, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a tire setter and cooler, the combination, with a work-table and a tank, of raising and lowering mechanism consisting of a pair of rock-shafts, each having a lifting-arm and a crank-arm secured thereto in such a manner as to form a bell-crank, said crank-arms projecting from their respective shafts in substantially opposite directions, and a rod for connecting said crank-arms, whereby they are made to move in the same direction, while the lifting-arms move in opposite directions, as and for the purposes set forth.

8. In a tire setter and cooler, the combination, with a table havinga central aperture for the passage of the hub, of a main tank having a supplementary tank or well in its bottom for the reception of said hub, a truss secured at its extremities to the bottom of the main tank and bearing against the under side of the supplementary tank, as and for the purpose set forth.

9; In a tire setter and cooler, the combination of a table, a tank, suitable lifting mechanism having anti-friction rollers, substantially as described, and angle-irons upon which said rollers bear, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

10. The combination, with the work-table and the tank, of the lifting mechanism consisting of a pair of rock-shafts, 9 9, having lifting-arms 11 11, projecting horizontally therefrom in opposite directions, crank-arms 13 13, projecting upwardly and downwardly, respectively, and the rod 15, connecting said crankarms, whereby they are moved simultaneously, as explained.

GEO. J. WEBER.

Vitnesses:

W. G. PENDLETON, GEORGE Romania. 

